On the 24-25 Aug 2016, in conjunction with MIDA (Malaysian Investment Development Authority), the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) held the inaugural “Funding Research on a Changing Landscape” conference. We were very fortunate to have an excellent line up of speakers, led by Prof Tan Sri Zakri, the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Prime …

It was our honour to recently sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Green Plant Organic Fertilizer Sdn Bhd and The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC). This research project is valued at about RM 500,000 Collaboration with industry is valued and we are very pleased to have this collaborative project with Green Plant Organic Fertilizer …

On 6 September, 2016, there was a signing ceremony between Centre of Sustainable Palm Oil Research (CESPOR), UNMC and Green Plant Organic Fertiliser Sdn Bhd to secure RM580,120 worth of research funding for a project “The Efficacy of Living Organic Fertilizer (LOF) and Fortified Living Organic Fertilizer (FLOF) amended with mix cultures of Trichoderma spp. …

The UNMC Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition was held on the 8th Sep in the Great Hall. I always look forward to this event and I was fortunate enough to be invited as one of the judges again this year. From memory, this is the fourth or fifth year that I have been invited to …

by D.C.Y. Foo Professor Ir Dr Dominic C. Y. Foo, Director for the Centre of Excellence for Green Technologies (CEGT) was invited for a book launch event held during the Process System Engineering conference (PSE China) at Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China (27-29 July 2016). The new book being launched is the Chinese translated version …

We have just received this email from the British High Commission, which might (should) be of interest to researchers at UNMC. Please note that Expressions of Interest have to be registered by 15 Jul. “Greetings from British High Commission The Satellite Applications (SA) Catapult is looking for industrial or academic partners for a number of …

From 29th June to 2nd July Conservation Asia 2016, was held in Singapore. This is a joint meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology in Asia (Ahimsa Campos Arceiz is currently President of this society) and the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Asia-Pacific. The meeting was attended by 600 people, from around 40 countries, …

A recent paper (A systematic approach to design task-specific ionic liquids and their optimal operating conditions) by Nishanth G. Chemmangattuvalappil has recently been featured on Chemistry World. The piece starts: “Scientists have developed a computer-aided method that designs carbon capturing ionic liquids and at the same time finds their optimal operating conditions. Capturing and storing …

You might be interested in this note from EURAXESS, which provides funds for ASEAN researchers to visit European labs and for European Scientists to visits ASEAN labs. This email provides an overview of the opportunities. Topics: MSCA Individual Fellowship Open to ASEAN Researchers. Deadline 14 September 2016 MSCA Individual Fellowships – bring your research partner …

Whilst looking through Conversation articles I came across an article entitled “When scoring an own-goal is the only way to win” by Liam Lenten. By coincidence, I had just read another article about an analysis of sporting rules from the perspecive of Operations Research, written by a good friend of mine – Mike Wright from …